Remarks by Cheryl Stallings
83 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Thank you for that. Let me just pause to see if any other commissioners have any questions or comments right now. Anyone else? Okay. We're not seeing any. Feel free to go ahead, Tony. Thank you.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“So even if we make improvements, it won't matter? Is that right?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“All right. Thank you for that. I see Manager Ellis has his hand, and then Chairman. Go ahead, Manager Ellis.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“All right, then. Okay, Chair Miles, go right ahead.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you for that question, Chairman. Dwayne, I see your hand up. Go right ahead.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Tony. That is so much to manage. And I just can't tell you how much we appreciate you and all of our staff. And just thank you, thank you, thank you for trying to keep up with all these details and changes. Our time is about up, commissioners. Any last questions or comments before we transition to our next topic?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Well, again, thank you again, Tony. We'll look forward to more updates. Hang in there. I just know you are very much appreciated for all you and your staff are doing on behalf of our residents. Thank you so much. Bye bye.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yes, welcome, Catherine. We know you and some colleagues from your cooperative extension are with us next to talk about food security, which ties right into the SNAP conversation, doesn't it? So go right ahead, Catherine.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Catherine, and welcome, Trevor and Carlos.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you for pausing there, Trevor. Commissioners, do you have any questions or comments? Trevor, one question I had was about just making sure that the food is getting used and it's any assistance provided with how to prepare or cook or Things like that. Could you speak about that just to make sure that the food is being used as effectively and efficiently as possible?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Great. Thank you for that. Commissioner Adams, go right ahead.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Very good. Thank you for sharing that, Commissioner Adamson. Commissioners, any other questions or comments? All right. Seeing none, feel free to go right ahead, Trevor.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Great. Thank you, Carlos. Commissioner Thomas, go right ahead.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Agreed. Very good. Great question and great response. Any other questions or comments, commissioners? All right. Well, we will look forward to hearing more. One thing I did want to ask, with the programs that you all mentioned under the slide that was talking about the ARPA Food Plan program investments, are those continuing through 2026, through this year, funding?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Right. So as I did the math, it looks like that's a total of about six point six million dollars total for those investments. So that's important because I know within your plan that's coming, we obviously want a dollar amount so we can think about. funding options and possibly I'd really like the private public public private partnerships that you were talking about to see if our business community could possibly help us they may what they may well be partners in this work so we'll look forward to hearing more okay so if no other questions we're going to move on to our next topic thank you…”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yes, exactly. Go ahead, Commissioner Adamson.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yes, that is good to know. Very good question.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Tamika, I really like the way you've introduced yourself as the friendly child support lady or our friendly child support lady. So your demeanor comes out as being very authentic and compassionate. And so thank you. I had a couple of questions or comments. First of all, I really appreciate the father engagement work that's going on and continues to go on. I think that's so important. and I saw the picture of your child support team, so I was going to ask how big is your team? So it looks like it's several members based on the picture that you showed. Is that right?”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay, great. And then, you know, we hear about continuing shifts and funding at the federal level, but with the federal staff, funding for this program has it remained relatively stable or have we had any cuts cuts in this program from the federal level it is it is very stable no good good well that is definitely good news and in terms of your services i know you said they're in the downtown area are any of the child support services provided at our regional centers or because of court situations is it primarily in downtown raleigh”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“That makes sense, but I appreciate the video option. It sounds like you're trying to be as accessible to our residents as possible. So those are all the questions I had. Commissioners, any final comments or questions before we sign off? All right. Well, thank you again, Tamika and all of our presenters. We appreciate all the details and the great information you shared. And commissioners, take a break and we'll have some affordable housing updates. Ben, did you have anything else you wanted to share before we signed off? Okay.”
Board of Commissioners · Oct 5, 2026
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“Do I invite you all to remain standing and pray with me or have a moment of personal reflection or meditation? Creator God of many names, we give thanks for this day and for this opportunity to gather together to make decisions on behalf of our community. We give thanks for our residents, our community partners, our county staff and employees, and our commissioners. We know today's meeting involves very important information and very important decision making. Thank you for all the voices who have shown up in so many different ways to express their views and their love and gratitude for Wake…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I've got three questions for now. Back to the $2 billion. Could you all give our residents an idea of, if this is approved, what might we expect with capital projects in about 15 years? I know it might be on the exact timeline, but could you give us an idea of what we could expect?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“that and i know one concern we've heard from the wake med board of directors is the concern about renovations for big wake med on new burn avenue with its age and the concern about not having the debt capacity to make the renovations needed for that for that facility which is such a anchoring facility of wake man thank you for that so my second question is Finances and affordability are clearly on everybody's minds, understandably. I want to talk a little bit about the indigent care floor is now in the proposed agreement to be changed from 4.8%, and that's of operating revenues of Wake Med,…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026
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“Could you share a little bit for our public to understand that, please?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 21, 2026